ZIMBABWE VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,092	3	8,493	+ 7,600
Stroke	2	7,241	5	5,126	+ 2,115
War	3	6,891	65	26	+ 6,865
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,392	2	10,779	- 4,388
Low Birth Weight	5	4,701	7	4,038	+ 663
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,568	4	6,037	- 1,469
Birth Trauma	7	3,169	8	3,405	- 236
Hypertension	8	2,825	24	1,146	+ 1,679
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,333	6	4,595	- 2,262
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,290	11	2,217	+ 72
Lung Disease	11	1,705	23	1,163	+ 542
Measles	12	1,611	63	30	+ 1,581
Liver Disease	13	1,543	17	1,941	- 398
Violence	14	1,515	18	1,916	- 401
Kidney Disease	15	1,429	12	2,214	- 784
Other Injuries	16	1,187	20	1,656	- 468
Asthma	17	1,124	21	1,531	- 407
Tuberculosis	18	1,014	16	1,999	- 986
Diabetes Mellitus	19	957	9	3,344	- 2,386
Malaria	20	917	15	2,003	- 1,086
Suicide	21	906	13	2,069	- 1,162
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	750	31	768	- 18
Pertussis	23	661	42	419	+ 243
Falls	24	624	41	465	+ 159
Drownings	25	609	27	956	- 346
Breast Cancer	26	605	28	839	- 234
Malnutrition	27	565	10	2,396	- 1,831
Meningitis	28	543	22	1,325	- 782
Fires	29	529	30	793	- 264
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	487	40	505	- 18
Stomach Cancer	31	481	33	559	- 77
Maternal Conditions	32	475	19	1,749	- 1,274
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	445	35	548	- 103
Leukemia	34	414	45	244	+ 171
Oesophagus Cancer	35	408	29	801	- 393
Endocrine Disorders	36	394	34	553	- 160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	377	36	542	- 165
Drug Use	38	327	48	213	+ 114
Liver Cancer	39	325	38	510	- 185
Inflammatory/Heart	40	312	25	1,047	- 735
Lung Cancers	41	304	43	286	+ 18
Oral Cancer	42	292	49	208	+ 84
Epilepsy	43	288	39	508	- 220
Poisonings	44	284	37	515	- 231
Lymphomas	45	231	26	960	- 729
HIV/AIDS	46	211	1	19,988	- 19,777
Tetanus	47	211	57	102	+ 109
Encephalitis	48	197	56	117	+ 79
Parkinson's Disease	49	193	46	226	- 33
Hepatitis B	50	160	60	57	+ 103
Pancreas Cancer	51	151	47	217	- 66
Ovary Cancer	52	100	51	173	- 73
Syphilis	53	94	55	124	- 31
Appendicitis	54	86	58	66	+ 20
Bladder Cancer	55	86	54	125	- 39
Schistosomiasis	56	66	53	172	- 106
Cervical Cancer	57	63	14	2,023	- 1,959
Skin Cancers	58	53	44	264	- 211
Alcohol	59	42	61	48	- 6
Dengue	60	38	73	0	+ 38
Skin Disease	61	23	52	173	- 150
Multiple Sclerosis	62	22	67	14	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	63	21	32	628	- 607
Other Neoplasms	64	11	62	37	- 26
Ascariasis	65	9	70	2	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	64	26	- 19
Diphtheria	67	7	72	2	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	4	66	14	- 10
Uterin Cancer	69	3	50	182	- 179
Upper Respiratory	70	3	59	65	- 63
Leishmaniasis	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	69	3	- 3
Otitis Media	73	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	71	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZIMBABWE

Yemen

Zimbabwe

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.